Alexandra Chernyshova - II ACT. Icelandic opera "Skáldið og Biskupsdóttirin" by Alexandra Chernyshova & Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir (2023)

From 2011 to 2013 Alexandra Chernyshova studied European Master of Music in Icelandic Music Academy ( Icelandic: Listaháskóli Íslands ) in Reykjavík. Alexandra´s graduation work was composing Icelandic Opera drama in II acts "The Poet and the Bishops daughter" ( Icelandic: Skáldið og Biskupdsdóttirin" ) on libretto by Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir, poetry by Hallgrímur Pétursson, Rúnar Kristjánsson, Guðný frá Klömbrum, Daði Halldórsson and Icelandic old verses from XIII century. Alexandra has taken courses in composition with Icelandic composer Hróðmar I. Sigurbjörnsson, also with one of the most famous contemporary composers in Russia, Evgeniy Krilatov in Moscow and finally with Tomas Rudolp at Berklee Online Music University, USA. Alexandra has been a member of the Icelandic Composers Society - Tónskáldafélag Íslands - since 2019. Alexandra´s modern classical music compositions have attracted attention both in Iceland and internationally, with awards for both her singing and classical opera compositions.